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Doubled Its Trade. "for V .vu-mu an l.l.Ul.I..I t7.I.a6U DU QD6.UU- E " .'-1:133 best makes in Canada in- eluding. the, celebrated INVICTUS made by George A.`.Slater, and the Lightning Hitch. ` All. kinds of hockey boots men and boys in black, tan and 'white leathers from $1.25 to $3100. I rm... 1.--; ..-a-;. .a-- w wguavaabihlo Mr. Anohie and Miss Kate Buie spent last week in Collingwood. `Mrs. 4MoQu.ay spent last week with her neioe, M1s`.Toe;proule. of Thorn- `ton, who i seriously -jll. Miss Vina Rose. of Enfield, is home .for the holidays. ` Miss Emily Moir returned home for her holidays. , Mr. Ira Lumrie; of -.Port Huron, `is visiting his. family here. '++r t ` John Whiteside. $3.75: T. H. Arn- old, '75 cents; Henry Smith.` 75 cents; overcharge on statute labor. W. J. Brown and W. Knowles, $1.50 each error in "taxes and Ithat the taxes of Aaron Barnes. Mrs. Frrancis Adams land '1`. Elliott be remitted. nnvnAI-3A_ -1 II-_,,, I _.._ -- -aonnvuu UQ J.Vl..I.l1|nIu3(lo 6-n motion of Coxworth and Dundas lthe Council adjourned. Sine die. 111' run It Iv` j- _, ..v-.. an. uvuvnvyuvv VII. U|lI.l.l.3Li1LIUUEo On motion of Coxworth and Dundas, that these several refunds of taxes be , made. John B. Smith, $7.78; Mrs. `Black. 87 cents. Error in (assess- ment. ~ ' r_(_)-n motizrvnvgfl Bell and Dundas. Wm. I. Edgar, was paid -$2.99, being error in assessment. C 4-; -- '* Iy.L-aVV , ' __ ..----`r-ruan.IJ\IJAUI I On motion of Bell and Irwin. $10.00 ,was granted to Mrs. Tegart. her fa- ymily being in destitute circumstances. (\_ .._ _L,--._ I V... ..y-.., u ...D uvvvuuu-3 '1 01.6 paxu. Charles Danney, filling washout, $1.50; Perry Moore, repairing cul- vert and hills on 2nd line. $25.00; Daniel Kidd. repairing idewalk, $1.00: [Walter Kernan, drawing gravel, $33. 87; Joseph McMaster, `work on his division. $1.75 ; Harrv Coleman. C1a'k s lpostage-. $10.39; ` W. E. Stoddart. printing acct. $12.00; T '- n... _.-J.:-__ -1 -n n . .. . --- _. .-...-.n~-urv\a\A ""0`n motion of. Coxwort nd Irwin * the following accounts were paid. l l"!lu.u-`Inn 'l\ . . _ . -- .e:11:.-_. WH - V At` the 12th session of Essa Coun- `cil, Dec. 15th, the following business ; was transacted. A 1 V` 5 l\ SUNNIDALE CORNERS. ssa Council %.'.'~i.~. 'i&2i:$Fr. Township Clerk. * Curlers will nd a. superior boot -of genuine box calf, leather lined, rubbersoles and heels, also 8 Tsplndid line of felt laced and boots with felt soles, ranging` .3 in . from $1.50. L week. "fii}."~rE"i&'LZ3: o' Eliinngwooa. visited friends in this, vicinity last \ uuw a guest at Mr. 1). Mc1nryw'a~' Misses C. Campbell. of Toronto. 80,4 J. Cam bell. of Vespra . visited then` 9-lint. rs. A. Buie last week. '"7' Miss Laura MoMur;r`ay spent a few `days in Stayner last week. `I'_"l_._`_-I, `Ir 1- 1 4- an II` ___,...`I ` M. Wanless, Vof`Everett. _ i3- [now'a guest at Mr. D. McInt)'r`(3$~` ;&'Dn umnknll AF Tnrnnfn and IHOBLEY BROS. unIl"Il.'e l)\lSy--u But look .' We have them for YOU- New Nuts, New Layer Ransms. New Figs, New Dates. Seed-- ` less O1-anges,Spanish Grapes. A fine line of Chocolates at 20c, 25c. 40c end gel; "3- j Mix Ida Spioher is visiting her 515- kg in Owen Sounq. Q IAt'uo have your order. We will give 1-.... you utinfaction. We know You "'..'A.`__ _B_"5_Y--'- . vs. -av`-a.\Ao McMu1*('ray is on the Sick CURLIN G TEA AND COFFEE MERCHANTS. DIcnumm '24, 4, 103 "" l'JJ'I UJIJJIIILLI C Tlieltges,` Messrs. Dougall, frttbn. ji`v YYi1l,:es J .. g _ . undh?wy'9s `ge1"_y>_iV1___p11_ t%hg `;lgall- and` Mr. John La_ckie . who has acted as Chief Ranger of the A. O. F. the past -few` weeks, was elected to that po- sition for the ensuing term without` any opposition. The other officials _.ar._e;--`- _ 3- . _ ,_1=.; 0. 3.. Aroh d ` Bidwell. :._7 j Treasurer. Fred x Marr. . . _ Beo.."..J. _N; Hobley'. S.-"`VV-.;[Herb. Reid. ' -V . A J`.*;W.. John*Shaw._ 3 V I` ., "**"3_`-.. Neil `"McEaeVhern._'. . .._Fre`d Jvob.. .___;|`,;`_g.e_on., D'x*. ,A;J._ Ggsmith; . ' 7 iliI:o rrs,`H.- D.. alamieson; ' - L319!-.;t 5 At The Pines, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes. Stroud, on Wednesday, their `eldest daughter. I Blewart.gson_ of Mr. Thomas Stewart, of `Churchill. The ceremony - was . conducted by the Rev. Mr. McKee in tbewvpresence of =about fifty `guests , lno5tly""rela-tiveys of -the bride and groom. The :Wedding March `Mas played by Miss Evelyn Hughes.as the bride entered the drawingroom (which Mia Frankie, was married to Mr. Will` was tastefully decorated for the oc- ioasion) leaning on the arm of her fa- - theta and followed by the bridesmai-ds, Miss Mossie Bannerman {and Miss Ethel Hughes. cousin and sister. re- spectively of the `bride. The `groom was supported by Mr. Ilarvey Sawyer and Mr. Robert Stewart. After the ceremony at very `tasty dinner was. served`, followed by the usualftoasts. Mr." and Mrs. Stewart 3 will reside `in Btroud. ' M??? ,A. O. F. Election of Officers The` Annientn Order of` Fprresters held their meetingfor the election of` officers on Friday evening and as us- ual there wmava full at tendance. `L. 1'_`I___ 'ALE ___`I__ 1--.. __L-,`I. 4., ` This dragging of the judjiary into -the political arena, as in `the case of Justice Britton and the.Treadg'old .ooncession; Justices Boyd and Fal- oonbridge and_the_ Gamey _chargcs and Judgegwinchester and -tjhe'Cal- lihan case, is beginning to be :1 little too thin. Might as _well drop to the. level of ourYankee friends at once and make the jildiciary an elective of- fice. T The Grits claim the credit of being respbnsible for the Fhigh prices of turkeys and geese. If -`this is the case, it isn't the first fowl t_hing for which they are responsible. ' ' "v'vvvvvvvvvvyvvvvvvvvvvvvvwvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv: A A STROUD WEDDING; ` _ Mr. Geo, T. Tracy, of Mine_si/ng. gajye 9. gramaphpne entertainment (here ?on Wednsday evening g,ndn__h_is selectidns ward mush` appzjeciatg the .duei;s-sg:g;g`~.b;=;;\I:. Zlgfgoy '_g:n(11:} 4- as`~We v-_ ------ Univ` v v Ianunaaai I It was announced 28.t St, Joh'.s1 Church that Minesing; Crown Hill and Craighursst; 'had -become 5[\.se l-. sixstaining-, Hillsdale ,m,issio_n being set off. _ `A _' V. II ' ._... A`. ._ "'jl`h_ewSt. ;'Joh1i sA` Ladies Aid intend having a parlor social on`New .Yea;_r`s ,,___ , , . . . _ F . cRAIG'11URs'r.' e A` merry Christmas and happy New Year. ' mi T - X Mi-as May Morrison. Miss. hM.`1-Iarf__ and C. M. -Keil. of `B. C. 1.. Mg" spend-' _ing their Christmas vacation at their homes here. _ .. vpc-yvv 'Mr.,H. Snider, of Fergusenvale. `was one of the visitors at the bapd roan; Lon Saturday evening. a ' ~ ` 1'4. ..-.... -_.----__--j -1 AL in-I a `3n. "iI"sr-"v3fm. Sheffield an_d L. W. Keil are on the sick list. ` u-on-w -- "i\Z_is;- f<.'iac'fa Vfa , retur;nedifro`m' visiting her aunts. the Misses Ingram. i Toronto. ` ' ' i enhurst. . r Delegate, G. G._ Smith. Alternate, Wm. Taylor. . Refreshments were served salad in couple of hours pleasantly spen`,'in speech and song. Some of thosetwho contributed were Mr. Wm. . .l`aylor Dr.- Palling.' Mr. Geo. RaikO~$. M'.r._G.` G. Smith. Mr. Joe. C. Lang, Mr. 8. Lawrence, Mr. C. Horsfield} MIr.<.Jas. Hughes and_others. . [ ' . f .. I 733}-ustees, Chae. Pulling. G. `A. Bad- ren. There was a large attendance of the S. 0. E. at their -election of officerson Wednesday evening, which resulted as as follows :- President, C. W. Carley. . Past President, Jas. Hook. Vice-President, Bert Brooks. Secretary." J .- N. Hobley. Treasurer. G. G. Smith. Surgeon,` Dr. Palling. . Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Witten. Committeemen. Jas. Morley, Chas. ;`Morley, Chas. Smith. Jno. Wright and Wm. Partridge.` ' V I. G. Walter Jones." 0. G.,_ Hy. Penton. ` .0rgani=s.t. Chas. Smith. a . A.uditors.- Bobt. King. F. N. War-. Elegtion of Off'iceVrs%S. O. it, as well - as the songs and speeches were greatly enjoyed. Mr. Geo. Ot- taway, Mr._ John Shaw. Mr. D. W. Murray, Mr.` C. IW. Carley, Mr. B. F. Smith and Mr. J. N. Hobley _contr`i- buted liberallytoh the amusement of the members by their musical selec- tion. ( A` good story i being told in Mon- treal, says The Witnes, illustrative of the high spirits and keen wit of the Premier. At the Laval students dinner recently, so the story goes, _Sir Wilfrid met Mr. Tarts. The Prime Minister -cordially greeted his former Minister of Public Works, and 1 laying his hand sympathetically on his shoulder . remarked slyly: My i dear fellow, how you are ageing. You `are getting quite gray and worried looking; - You will have to. take greatoarejof yourself; or we shall be losing'you:`some of these days." Con-, sidering.;th__at ..this remark was made ins-'..ai: ~.e;n<,1e. t .thL J*zn'a`n- who o -'3, - _-- _ rug: qua`; UHF pl CI`-7511!, discovered three human skeletons. They. were lying head to foot about ten feet from the surface. Owing to the position at the remains only the extremities have been unearthed. the rest remaining buried in the bank. .Some loose bones, part of a set of teeth,- in a remarkabl good state of preservation, a met button, some - coins and A bullet have been taken irom the.same spot. _ The coins were an American coin dated 1796, and a copper piece with A no date, and stamped with the American eagle. " Near the remains also was - found part of a chain-shot, together -with a smaller cannon shot. The theory is that these are the `remains of Ameri-' can soldiers who fell atthe capture of York V. (Toronto) in 1813. s lit Wllhid Inn:-In-"9 lake in _Hr. Into. T pouu.-up u_u.pu.a.1 uy ..pUU,UUU. - The deposits aggregate $15,474,069 . the discounts. $16,867,461: the can andshort` loans. $1,443,202; the `im- mediately available asset_s.- $8.1a38.0c.a. gures which indicate a very strong and very profitable position. Thu overdue debts are stated to. be only $860. wh1ch.- with discounts of $16.- 867.-161. is `highly remarkable.-lu- iuralnoe and Emanoe Chronic!-.---Mow I I A workmen m;I;i;1g excavation gt the Old Fort, Toronto, for 5 road being constructed through T the property discovered tin-an hum... .1..I-o....- The amount of the Reserve Fund is now j:p3.154.43(_). which exceeds the ;pai(1-up capital by ..`2U0.00U. 'l`hn. donned`: 9.-rrrrnn-urn u1K.1'7A nan -Carried to nextiear . ` . .|.1 x1_.uuyU1.l cu. l.._U UI.l.lIJl:1'5' I611- snon Fund Wrntten off` Bank. Premnses Transferred to Rest {Xccgunt ;.vvu unvxucuub UL u \]JUJ.' Ucubu _ each ._.. ...t$26:,809 Taxes pad to Provmcnal Go- ' ` ' vernment. .. ... 4.425 Transferred to Officers Pen- A sion Fund 5,000 1 off V 36,930 lT1::.{ns'f"er1".ed"t;o `Reg? Aicofint .. 554,430 -Qarned next year .103,194 _____ . Total $971,753 VIJLU-Ill-U0 ' . . The Statement'_for 30th November`, 1903, is one upon which Mr. D. Coul- son. general. manager.` the `sharehold- ers, and all connections of this emi- nent imstitution are to ibe congratu- lated. The net profits amounted for the year to $424,200. thisbeing added to the sum brought from 1902; $93.- 1Z8. and $454,430 for premiums on new stock, make a total of $971,- 758. The appropriation` of this ~.was made as follows ;- uTwo dividendtsi ofi5'\per cent. ` L anal] . I Q0? Qnn So regularly have the Statements of the Bank of Toronto been exhibits ofsuccessful management. that it would be almost a portvent were one to be published otherwise than fa- vorable. -` fI`L... a4...4..._...._z.1.--_. on;_~n_ ~u___-,,,1 fThe groom s gift to the bride was a beautifuiset of _-(f1i_1rs; ,to the brides- maid a. crescent of pearls, and to the best manVa\pearl stick-pin._ Mrs, and Mrs. Allward one the return from their honeymoon will reside at 122 Seaton street. ` ' The bridesmaid, Miss Winnie. sis~ ter. of the bride, wore blue crepe de chene with cape of :real lace and car; ried a bouquet of pink nosest, Mr. A. W. Durnan assisted {the greoom. 'm1. _ .__.,-,_,s_ -, - A pretty"hou'se wedding took place on_ Wednesday evening, 16. at 3302 .E.asst. Queen * street. (Toronto, when Miss May. eldest daughter of Mr. Robert Fair, was united in mar- riage to Mr. Ernest Allward. formerly of Barrie. by th\Rev. A. H. Baldwin. The bride,` who was given away by her father. ..wore her travelling suit of blue cloth. and carrie a shower bouduet of white roses. 1:: `tr: , vv-_._tr no-nun.-unava--nu Barrie".f_riends will extend hearty congratulations. . r -._..-- vs.--nu` In- _Among the beautiful presents was a handsome clock from the sporting organizations of. "the -town. and a handsoxhe carving set from the Eko Camp inember:s." . _ T ........ .,.. nun u._ ycaxl uxuacut. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke left on the 11.35 C. P. . R."ti'a`in for the east, and after their honeymoon will reside in the Grand Centralw Block. __r..,-- ...... ..._,, ........ ;.u. ; . vvu.LI., UL LUWII. The bride s' going away gown was oftnavy blue serge, with a Persian lamb coat trimmed with mink. and hat to match. the last being the gift of the groom. `whoallso presented the bridesmaid with a` pearl cresent. M. ......a 'n.r..... r1I-_,1, _.v---v V-. va.a\.l usnuvhil Layuvl. 4 The bride. `who _was dressed in a {pretty gown of white. silk and who carried a bou;quetWof white roses. was attended by her sister. Miss` Daisy Jackson. who wore a'becoming' dress of white organdie, and carried `a bou- quet of pink roses. The groom was supported by Mr. 5R. P. Watt. of town. "Pkg I\..:.l'.-.s.. `...-:.._ --~ -czmnON": Pmapqnjdnb 5'2 xiv. J. ' o. m.v1osoN`_ THIS MORNING- soMm~nANnsommP3n:smN1-s. . The marriage of Miss Lily Jackson daughter of_ Mr." R. H. Jaxcksson. to Mr. Fred A. "Clarke. `of town. was cele- brated in the `presence of the im- mediate relatives of the contracting parties at 10.30`o olo`ck this morning -by Rev. J. .0. Davidson. at the resi- dence of the bride's father. VI... `I_..::l- I % AND FRED.]A. CLARKE * , MARRIED The Bank 3: 'LI`oroVnto. ALLWA-RD--FAIR. . (Peterboro E1':aminer.) Wbrjivollcs W "7 -TH}; }5NoR?rHERN Abw NOE Thut Ilurdererdobtnlnod Weapons From In Entsblllhed. 0t_,te.we., Dec. '23.-Latest advice! from Ca.1ga;ry_ do not- indicate that the mounted police have succeeded in locating Cashel the escaped murder,` although they believe" him to `'``_be hiding in the neighborhood. It hes been -established v that the weapons .W,_hi9h !W1d G-:wh1Ltb h!d up `the. e hwTak.hmum.% 1 supp. {bye 1 ms: T br6t.h'r.i.<;* her; A eetb9eedh.;wm e Ohio Divorce Obtained By Hamilton - Ian Set Aside. Cleveland, 0., Dec. 23.-Tho Ohio divorce, obtained by Walter B. Solo-- -mon of Hamilton, Ont., from Anna Solomon was set` aside yesterday by, `Judge Ness as. illegal and void. Ysolonion. since the grantingot tho- : divoue in October, 1901, was man- `ried to a Bualo woman. Solomon has new twowives. '1-`o get.vout of the diiculty he is a petitioner a. second time `for "divorce from Anna Solomon,` his} first _wife. vnnv nnvwuu V1 pug 1-J_u1y `jee.~. Soon afterwards the Monsignor peared with b, friend and said 1;} pm T.l\ '\n.nI an-.a..`l...1 LL- yuan cu vuuu a, Inenu and said that Pope Leo hwd conded the money to him, requesting him to return it zto his successor four months after his death. L 1 5 ucuuw 01 over .lU_U,UUU W83 found. After diligent search and although no positive proof was obtainable, it appeared evident that the only per- son who could know where the money had gone was a certain Monsignor living in the Vatican. He at tlrst as- serted that `he knew nothing of the matter, but being more closely press- ed and the evidence against him gath- ering, he one day `said tothe Pope: `B (Ind 1193]` --......:.I_ p-,. 8100.000 hued Afton; the _ Pope : Depth Batu:-led With Explanations. Rome,-Dec. 23.--According to The Messagrago the story that Cardinal Gotti, Prefect of the Propaganda, re- cently handed to- the `Pope $9,000,- 000 said to have been conded to the Cardinal by ' the late Pope Leo XIII., with instructions to turn the money over to his successor four months after his death, originated in the fact that in the nancial investi- gation following. Pope Leo ; death a decit of over $100,000 found. Altar rlilimnn ...-....;..I. -...I -1AI.--- '-::-n no xfuu uu._y uulu to 1.3119 rope: `Be patlent. God will provida the needs of the Holy See." gnnn nlnhu-na._4l_ A:I.- qr, ,- Our total commerce with Canada has thus grown from 91 millions in 1893 to approximately 185 milliosns in 1903. The total _commerce of the United States in the calendar v year 1893 was 1,652 million dollars, and in 1903 will aggregate about 2,460 millions. Thus the total commerce of the United States from 1893 to 1903 has increased about 50 per cent... `while its commerce with, Canada has more than doubled. ` between Canada .1893 were 57 million dollars, More Thnlbonblod In Last Ten Years- 'Amo:-Ienn Purchases Increase. Washington, Dec. 23.-Commerce and the United States shows a rapid gain both in the gures of the year about to end and" in those of `the decennial period which ends with the` present year. The year's commerce with Canada. as shown by the figures of the De- partment of Commerce and Labor through its Bureau of Statistics; will aggregate nearly 200 million dollars, against less than 100-millions in 1898. The increase occurs both in imports into the United States from Canada and exports from the United States to Canada. Our imports from Canada, which in 1893 amounted to only 34 million dollars, will in the Present year reach about 55 millions. Our exports to Canada, which in will in 1903 aggregate about 130 mil- lions. . 7 Denver, 23.-Ja.mes A. Baker, of Slocum; B. 0., a member of the Executive Committee of the Western Federation of Miners, who went to Cripple Creek last week and estab- lished a. co-operative store for the benet of strikers, was arrested by ,the troops and released on his pro- mise to leave the region. He has laid the matter before the British Consul, who has promised to trans- mit the complaint to the British Government. - vnmn.--um.` J1!-v vuv JOALlJoIlInuuI\.a\.5 ovum. we- The body of Mrs. Catharina Mas-. terson, the __mother of Rev. John Mpsterson, was borne ' through the streets on a hand truck," while under- } takers, and liverymen and their driv- ers argued asgxto whether` they ought" to submit the contest to arbitration. The coin was carried to the Church of the Holy Family 'on the truck,-` while six pall-bearers walked bare-. headed beside it. ' Vcoal Minors Quit Work. Indianapolis, Ind., Doc. 23.-Wond has been received at the headquart- ers of the" United Mine Workers, that 1,000 miners in Preston County, W. Va... have quit work on account of a. reduction of 10 cent a ton in their scale. ' i r rum in UM- ' L taxis` ram thi sure. * L V Chicago, 23."-'-Members of the i Livery Drivers' Unionmet yesterday I to consider an arbitration plan to . ttle their "strike. They voted to accept a, condi_ti_`onal arbitration. IIlI.'.H.. nn~l\u'I>1InLn:n-u van `\z\:'r'|4-u nAfl_ -$|IIy\vr v Q vvgauqyavooqgs up yaw-_ u~_v- yu- ~ *Wlille Aarbitratiozi wast bixig'`on- siderednews xvasoreceived of the rst - :union label funeral. since the `strike began.` The. funeral was ar- rang by Undertaker C. i M. Marks, the body of the deceased being re- moved in a dead wagon `bearing a placard proclaiming the vehicle to be owned by an` undertaker paying the union scale. Itwas also . the first funeral in which a procession of car.-- i riages' was" supplied `to carry the mourners. There was six carriages ; labelled like the improvised hearse. 'rnl.... `|.....:-- -4! '11.... (`1..A.`I......-:...-. Ila;-1, oua rune WITH u.s. onowmo. SOLOMON ms NW 'cAsm3L STILL 41' J JRGE. ms": us :4} I.AB_I$l._j STRANGE VATICAN STORY. Soak: the Lion : Aid.`